Lenny Kravitz Is Breath-Taking On "The Block" Magazine

*stares aimlessly into space* WELL, DAMN!

Ummmmmm. I don't have anything, Dancers. NOT NOTHING (yes, I'm aware of what I just typed)! Hit the break for more flix and excerpts!

 COT DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On his new album Black and White America: “The album is a piece of art. A painting, a sculpture, a book, a photograph. I grew up in a time when albums were monumental. Stevie, Marvin Gaye, Led Zeppelin, Miles Davis, Stones, whatever it might be. They were serious things and they were beautiful. It was a statement, the entire album. Now we have the ability to pick apart the songs. As far as keeping the preservation of the album, it’s the worst thing. It’s like going to buy art and saying, I’ll just take the left corner of the painting in the bottom. I want the foot. Well, the intention was the entire painting. It’s the same thing with the album.”

 *soft sigh*

 On why he chose the name for his album Black and White America: “I thought of the name while I was watching this documentary about Obama. These people were saying they were going to stop him from being president, saying we got plans, he’s going to be killed, we want to take America back to the way it was 100 years ago. Of course we know racism exists, but when we hear people that are so hateful and ignorant, it’s like really? I want to transcend black and white.”

On his upbringing: “I grew up in the middle of everything,” he says. “I’ve never fit into a box. I love that. At one of my shows, you’ll see a seven-year-old kid and a sixty-five-year-old woman and everything in between, every colour.”

Images: The Block magazine